2015: A Year of Health

Posted on January 22, 2015

This year is shaping up to be a year of health for Kempe.

One of the greatest health factors today is the long-term health risks many child abuse and neglect victims face as adults. These health impacts are known as adverse childhood experiences and toxic stress and are defined when a child is subjected to stressful or traumatic experiences growing up. Many abused and neglected children are a greater likelihood of these health problems as adults:

Heart disease

Hepatitis

Depression

Suicide

Teen Pregnancy

Early Paternity

Autoimmune Disease

Lung Cancer

Kempe intends to take this foundational knowledge and advance the research and conversation around adverse childhood experiences and toxic stress this year by:

Applying for grant funding opportunities that enable us to create a collaborative movement to effectuate a game-changing paradigm shift

Traveling to Belgium and the Netherlands to examine how these countries ‘health-based’ child welfare systems differ from the U.S. ‘social-work’ child welfare system.

Exploring a public education campaign that informs people how child abuse and neglect impacts individuals long after the physical scars are gone.

In addition, we are continuing our vital work around clinical care, advocacy, research and education. We are continuing our important work:

Provide vital medical and behavioral health services to children and families

Share our knowledge with professionals and community’s throughout the world